Cultural Nationalism in Contemporary China: The Search for National Identity Under Reform

ISBN-13: 9780415322645 / Twarda / 2003 / 208 str.

Yingjie Guo

Opis

This book relocates the discussion of nationalism in a more contemporary framework, which explores the disjunction between the people and the state and the relationship of each to the nation.

Spis treści

1. Rethinking Nation and Nationalism: Concepts, Positions and Approaches2. Renationalizing the State: Class and Nation and the Party-state3. Rewriting National History: The 'Zeng Guofan Phenomenon'4. Reconstructing a Confucian Nation: The Confucian Revival5. Repossessing the Mother Tongue: Chinese Characters, Traditional Forms and Cultural Linguistics6. Reclaiming the 'Othered' China: Nationalist Appropriations of Postcolonialism

O autorze

Yingjie Guo is a lecturer in Chinese Studies at the Institute for International Studies, University of Technology, Sydney, Australia.